Public, sourced reports of ESG and ethics controversies. We track context so you can decide — unverified claims don't deduct from ethics scores.
Ben & Jerry's independent board sued parent company Unilever, alleging suppression of statements on Palestinian rights and Trump-era immigration — testing the "independent board" acquisition clause.
Changing Markets and BMJ investigations documented Nestlé pushing high-sugar baby cereals in low- and middle-income markets vs healthier variants sold in wealthy countries.
The Body Shop entered UK administration, threatening dozens of stores and hundreds of jobs — raising questions about long-term stewardship under successive owners.
Estée Lauder brands (MAC, Clinique, Bobbi Brown, La Mer) remain sold in mainland China, which historically triggered post-market animal testing.
L'Oréal faces litigation related to talc-based cosmetics, echoing wider industry concerns about asbestos contamination in cosmetic-grade talc.
A Strategic Organizing Center analysis of OSHA data found Amazon warehouse serious-injury rates roughly double the non-Amazon warehousing industry.
Break Free From Plastic's annual brand audit repeatedly ranks Unilever among the top branded plastic polluters globally.
A US National Labor Relations Board hearing officer found Amazon violated federal labour law during the JFK8 Staten Island union election.
PETA lists L'Oréal as a company that continues to permit animal testing where required by law (notably mainland China imports), despite public "no-testing" statements.
NRDC and Stand.earth reports repeatedly named P&G as a major driver of Canadian boreal forest degradation via virgin-pulp tissue supply chains.
A majority of P&G shareholders voted in favour of a resolution demanding stronger deforestation and boreal-forest sourcing safeguards — a rare rebuke of management.
RAN's "Keep Forests Standing" scorecard flagged Unilever for weak enforcement of no-deforestation commitments in its palm supply chain.
Nestlé (now BlueTriton) was found to have extracted San Bernardino National Forest water for years under a 1988 permit that had lapsed, during a state drought.
A class action alleged L'Oréal marketed Lancôme and L'Oréal Paris "anti-aging" cosmetics with unsubstantiated efficacy claims.